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Favorite versions of our national anthem for the 4th

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July 03, 2022, 07:43 PM
tigereye313
Favorite versions of our national anthem for the 4th
Here's two of my favorites, feel free to post yours!
July 03, 2022, 08:10 PM
Orive 8
Whitney Houston's performance at Super Bowl XXV 1991 is probably my favorite.


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July 03, 2022, 09:13 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Orive 8:
Whitney Houston's performance at Super Bowl XXV 1991 is probably my favorite.


My first thought too.





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July 03, 2022, 09:26 PM
wreckdiver
Outstanding tigereye, Thank you!!!!


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July 04, 2022, 09:10 AM
bionic218
I don't have the skill to post a video, but the Hendrix guitar version is my favorite performance of the anthem.
July 04, 2022, 09:44 AM
SigFan
quote:
Originally posted by Orive 8:
Whitney Houston's performance at Super Bowl XXV 1991 is probably my favorite.


Hands down my favorite rendition as well.


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July 04, 2022, 11:06 AM
sig2392
Whitney Houston's performance at Super Bowl XXV 1991.

What I hear in my mind when I think about the National Anthem.,
July 04, 2022, 11:32 AM
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July 04, 2022, 12:20 PM
mcrimm
Whitney had the voice of an angel. Too bad she was gone so soon.


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July 04, 2022, 01:02 PM
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July 04, 2022, 01:05 PM
SigLaw
Leann Rimes, acapella is my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBd5PL3ZsRc


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July 04, 2022, 01:14 PM
sleepla8er
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LeAnn Rimes, with her exceptional voice has constantly performed the National Anthem with respect.

This is her at around 14 or 15 years old singing at MLB's 1997 All Star Game:


www.YouTube.com/watch?v=_77xNhyij9k

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July 04, 2022, 01:29 PM
jjkroll32



She was "cancelled" by the NFL due to vaccine status and made a minor news blip last year. I thought it was a rather nice rendering.


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July 04, 2022, 10:46 PM
Orguss

https://youtu.be/d9l4LMZeNm0


https://youtu.be/c8C7i9kdEf8


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July 05, 2022, 01:23 AM
snoris
Chicago Stadium, January 19, 1991, NHL All-Star Game, three days after President George H. W. Bush announced the attacks that began the Persian Gulf war.

The Star-Spangled Banner starts at the 3:30 mark.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6-zACeQ3Mg
July 05, 2022, 05:32 AM
henryaz
 
The anthem is about America, not the singer. It should be performed with dignity, as written, to a certain tempo, and without superfluous vocalizations or frills. IMO.
 
My favorite rendition is by the Academy choirs at Super Bowl XXXIV. I could do without the US Army Herald Trumpets, they kind of take away from the singers. But the choirs have it right, as it is supposed to be sung.
 



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July 05, 2022, 06:12 AM
Bulldog7972
quote:
Originally posted by snoris:
Chicago Stadium, January 19, 1991, NHL All-Star Game, three days after President George H. W. Bush announced the attacks that began the Persian Gulf war.

The Star-Spangled Banner starts at the 3:30 mark.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l6-zACeQ3Mg


As good as that video is, it still doesn't show the level of intensity or how loud it would get when Wayne sang. You could stand there and shout into the ear of the guy standing next to you and he couldn't hear you. Brings back memories of what Chicago was like before the Communists took it over.
July 05, 2022, 09:06 AM
NavyGuy
Would have never guessed it but Meat Loaf nails it.




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July 05, 2022, 09:15 AM
wxl
Leann Rimes is my favorite

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July 05, 2022, 10:29 AM
sse
quote:
Originally posted by tigereye313:
Here's two of my favorites, feel free to post yours!




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never saw that first one before, sensational